Designating the week of October 27 through November 2, 2014, as “National Drug Take-Back Week”, and designating October 2014 as “National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month”.

encourages a continuous national dialogue on efforts to combat prescription opioid abuse and heroin addiction;

supports a holistic approach to addressing prescription opioid and heroin abuse, including through law enforcement and first responder initiatives, international drug interdiction, and treatment, recovery, prevention, and education efforts;

recognizes the commitment of Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel, first responders, firefighters, treatment providers, researchers, prescribers, pharmacists, dispensers, medical boards, manufacturers, and community organizations to addressing prescription opioid abuse and heroin addiction;

supports the goals of drug take-back efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the State, local, and tribal law enforcement partners of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and encourages the expansion of such efforts;

designates the week of October 27 through November 2, 2014, as “National Drug Take-Back Week”;

encourages media organizations to bring awareness to prescription opioid and heroin use, particularly among the youth in the United States; and

designates October 2014 as “National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month”.